Abraham Munting Auction Prices and Value Guide
Abraham Munting auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 310 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Abraham Munting auction prices: quick answer
Abraham Munting auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Abraham Munting
- Source records
- 310
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Abraham Munting market snapshot
Abraham Munting shows developing auction liquidity with 44 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $300. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 3 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-09-20.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (76.0% · 19 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (24.0% · 6 sales)
- $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $1,400
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 3
- Median shift vs prior year
- +47.4%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-09-20
Artist context
About Abraham Munting
Born
1626
Died
1683
Nationality
Dutch
Abraham Munting (1626–1683) was a Dutch botanist, university professor, and author whose publications occupy the intersection of early modern botany and botanical imagery. Library authority records associate him especially with Phytographia curiosa, an illustrated botanical work catalogued as containing 245 copper-engraved plates depicting trees, shrubs, herbs, and flowers. His bibliography also includes Aloidarium, a work devoted to aloes. Collectors are therefore most likely to encounter Munting's name on illustrated botanical books or prints connected with those publications rather than on conventional easel paintings. His role should be catalogued carefully: the available sources strongly establish his authorship and botanical expertise, but they do not establish that he personally drew or engraved every image issued with his texts. Individual objects may also carry the names of draughtsmen, engravers, editors, or publishers. Identifying those roles, along with the exact publication and edition, is important for reliable entity matching and appraisal research.
Illustrated botanical books with copper-engraved platesBotanical prints associated with published plate seriesTrees, shrubs, herbs, and flowersAloes and other botanical specimens
Common works and media
Works encountered under Munting's name are likely to include illustrated botanical volumes and copper-engraved plates associated with publications such as Phytographia curiosa and Aloidarium. Documented subjects include trees, shrubs, herbs, flowers, and aloes. A plate attributed commercially to Munting should be checked for its publication source and for separate maker or publisher names before authorship is assigned.
Market and appraisal context
Auction material associated with Abraham Munting is most plausibly classified as illustrated botanical books, botanical engravings, or individual plates connected with named publications. Appraisal should begin by identifying the publication, edition, date, and whether the object is a complete volume or a separated plate. Cataloguers should also distinguish Munting's documented role as author and botanist from the roles of any artist, engraver, editor, or publisher named on the object. The collected source pack confirms relevant publications but does not provide accessible lot-level estimates, realized prices, condition reports, or provenance histories. Any valuation therefore requires comparison with verified public sales of the same edition or closely comparable plates.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Illustrated botanical books
- Botanical engravings and individual plates associated with named publications
Value drivers
- Publication title, edition, and publication date
- Whether the object is a complete illustrated volume or an individual plate from a documented publication
- Precise maker-role attribution, distinguishing Munting's authorship from the roles of any draughtsman, engraver, editor, or publisher attached to the object
Appraisal caveats
- The collected source pack contains no accessible major-auction-house lot descriptions, estimates, realized prices, provenance histories, or condition reports.
- Munting is securely documented as an author and botanist, but responsibility for drawing or engraving a particular plate should not be assumed without object-level evidence.
- The Appraisily auction page was rate-limited during collection, so its lot-level records could not be evaluated in this research pass.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.
- Wikidata library authority
- VIAF library authority
- IdRef library authority
- Wikipedia wikipedia
- Appraisily appraisily artist page
Data basis
This page is built from Appraisily's public auction market index. Private transactions, incomplete sale feeds, and attribution changes may not be fully represented.
Artist value FAQ
How much is Abraham Munting worth?
Comparable public auction sales are the best starting point, but final value depends on the specific artwork, condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence.
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